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LEXINGTON – Shortly after running the anchor leg to give Richmond the win in the boys 400-meter relay April 29 at the Bill Hamann Invitational, senior Adrian Church flung the relay baton in the air while standing on the Lexington High School football field.

RICHMOND – Timmy Hamilton’s golf game clicked the last three holes of his round at the Richmond Boys Invitational. “I’d played bad enough up until that point that I was just like, ‘OK, I’m just going to kind of finish it out,’” Hamilton, a Richmond senior, said.

RICHMOND – Dylan Comstock summed up his round of golf April 30 at the Richmond Boys Invitational this way: rough front nine, better back nine. For the front nine of the par-71 round at Shirkey Golf Course, the Orrick senior struggled to keep his tee shots in the fairway, among a few other woes, he said.

LEXINGTON – Blake Buchanan’s best boys javelin throw April 29 at the Bill Hamann Invitational at Lexington High School was a “solid throw,” Orrick varsity coach Paul Giffin said. “Not a pr (personal record),” Giffin said.

RICHMOND – The Spartans were stingy defensively during their latest homestand. In sweeping four varsity baseball games at Southview Park, the Spartans allowed only five runs.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Richmond senior Adrian Church has a simple strategy for running in cold, rainy weather like he experienced April 23 during the Mineral Water Classic at Tiger Stadium. “I normally just suck it up and just run,” Church said.

RICHMOND – Timmy Hamilton is trading Spartan red for Cardinal red. The Richmond senior has committed to playing men’s golf at William Jewell College, an NCAA Division II program, in Liberty.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Blake Buchanan wasted no time in winning the boys javelin April 23 in the Mineral Water Classic at Tiger Stadium. The Orrick junior won it by throwing 48.9 meters, or 160 feet, 5.25 inches.

CARROLLTON – Richmond senior Timmy Hamilton led the Spartans to victory in varsity boys golf Tuesday. Hamilton, who has signed to play men’s golf at William Jewell College in Liberty, shot a 41 (+5) for his nine-hole, par-36 round to help Richmond take first in a triangular with Carrollton and Knob Noster at Carrollton Country Club.